Garment-support.



H. 0. WILSON.

GARMENT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 1101.24. 1912,

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

5. i i 15K HARRY C. WILSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed. January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,583.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY O. l/VrLsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to garment supports, and it relates moreparticularly to a skirt and waist holder in the use of which the skirtmay be quickly and conveniently connected to the waist at any desiredpoint without necessitating other than a single movementon the part ofthe user and without requiring any particular degree of adjustment.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a skirtsupporter in which there 1s combined with an ordinary safety pin aconnecting plate, which plate is mounted on one of the pin bars, andcarries a pair of piercing members, adapted in the operative movementthereof to enter the waist fabric and connect the skirt and waist.

Another object of the invention is the provision of pivoted piercingmembers for the connecting plate which are preferably curved in a planeconcentric with the pivot on which they swing, said members being ofsuch length that in operative position they will pierce the waist fabricat two points, and that the points of the piercing members are guardedwhether in open or closed position.

The invention will be described in the following specification,reference being had particularly to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a plan View of the entire supporting device. Fig. 2 is aview in elevation, illustrating the application of the device. Fig. 3 isa sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view onthe line 1-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 1--5 ofFig. 1, illustrating the skirt supporter in applied position, thepiercing members being shown in operative relation to the waist-fabric.Fig. 6 is a sectional view, on the line (3-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views,my improved garment support comprises a skirt-engaging member 1,

preferably in the form of an ordinary safety pin, a connecting plate 2,and piercing members 3 pivotally secured to the plate.

A thumb piece 4 is integrally united with the curved and pointedpiercing members through the medium of the pivots 5, the whole beingformed of wire, and is adapted to be oscillated in bearings 6 which arepreferably formed integrally with the plate 2 by striking up the tongues7 from the plate and leaving the apertures 8. The plate is also providedwith perforations 9 and 10, and the piercing members are adapted to beswung through the perforations 9 by means of the thumb-piece 4t, and toengage the fabric of a shirt-waist or the like when swung into closedposition, the piercing points then being inclosed and guarded by theperforations 10; but when in open position, the piercing points areinclosed and guarded by the perforations 9 (see Figs. 1, l and 5).

The tongues which form the bearings 6 are extended downward, beingspaced apart from the surface of the plate, as more clearly shown inFig. 6.

The tongues 7 serve to retain the plate 2 in substantially rigidrelation with the waist band of the skirt, by extending laterally anddownwardly over the top thereof and holding it within the recess betweensaid tongue and said plate.

When a safety pin is employed as one of the garment supporting orengaging devices, it is preferably made rigid with the plate, and thisfeature is preferably accomplished by means of an arm 11, extending downfrom the plate and engages within the apertured portion 12 of the pinhead. This arm is preferably curved as at 13 to conform with theaperture within the head, and also to receive the free or pointed end ofthe pin.

The lower edge of the plate 2 is formed into a hollow cylinder 14through which one bar of the safety pin extends, and an apertured tongue15 is formed on one end of the cylinder and lies fiat against said plateand has its perforation registering with one of the perforations 10,thereby providing the combined depth of the perforations, for moreperfectly guarding the piercing point resting therein. A tongue 16 islikewise employed in connection with the other aperture 10; this tongue,however, being formed on the vertical edge of the plate and turnedinwardly.

In operation, two or more of these gar-- waistband is then tucked underthe tongues 7 thereby fixing the plate rigidly and on an approximatelyparallel plane with the adjacent portion of the waistband. 7 waist isthen properly arranged relative to the waistband and the latter isfastened around the waist in the usual way, whereupon, the piercingmembers are swung into the position shown in Fig. 4t by means of thethumb piece 4-, the shirt waist being against the plate as shown. Thethumb piece and piercing members are then swung into the position shownin Figs. 3 and 5, and said piercing members are thereby caused to passthrough the perforations 9 and the shirt-waist 18, entering and restingin the perforations 10.

It is obvious that before entering the perforations 10 the piercingpoints must pass the second time through the shirt-waist, therebydividing the strain on. the shirtwaist, between the two points ofengagement of the piercing member therewith. When subjected to excessivestrain, the piercing members 3 are subjected to a bending tendency, buton yielding slightly to this tendency, the points thereof come intocontact with the respective edges of the apertures, inclosing them, andare supported thereby.

By securing the garment supporter in rigid relation with the waistband,as described, the plate is not only prevented from falling inward, whileadjusting the waistband, but it is also prevented from moving Theshirtinconveniently outward when manipulating the thumb piece.

r I do not limit my invention by the mechanism herein described orherewith shown; but it is limited only by a reasonable interpr'etationof the appended claims.

I claim 1 In a garment support, a perforated plate, a piercing memberpivotally secured on the plate and adapted to be swung through one ofthe perforations and through a garment, means associated with the platefor supporting a second garment, LIICl a tongue struck up from saidplate for engaging an edge of said second garment and coacting with thelast said means for holding the plate on a plane substantially parallelwith the plane of the adjacent portion of the said second garment.

2. In a garment support, a plate, piercing means on the plate forengaging a garment, means secured to the plate for engaging a secondgarment, a tongue fixed on the plate for engaging an edge of said secondgarment and having a portion thereof formed into a bearing for thepiercing means.

3. In a garment support, a safety pin having an apertured head, a platemounted on said pin and having an arm extending into said apertured headfor securing said pin and plate in rigid relation-to each other, andmeans associated wi-ththe plate for attaching it to a second garment.

In testimony whereof I atiiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY 0. WILSON.

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